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On February 20: Onchain Lens data shows a newly created wallet address withdrew 7,000 ETH (roughly $13.55 million) from Binance in the past hour. As of now, the address holds a total of 7,100 ETH, valued at approximately $13.74 million.

On February 20th, Balancer announced it has received a security report from bug bounty platform Immunefi regarding its reCLAMM (Recentered Liquidity AMM). As a precaution, Balancer has temporarily paused the affected liquidity pools while investigating the issue. At this time, user funds remain secure and fully accessible, and further updates will be shared with the public as progress is made.

On February 20th, per OnchainLnes monitoring, three ETH short whales each netted over $8 million in profits amid market consolidation. The breakdown is as follows: - Whale 0xed4: 25x-leveraged ETH short, $8.8M profit; - Whale 0x0b0: 20x-leveraged ETH short, $8.4M profit; - Whale 0x20c: 25x-leveraged ETH short, $8.4M profit.

As of February 20th, alternative data shows the cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index has dropped again to 7—down from 9 yesterday—with market sentiment still in the historically rare "extreme fear" zone. Such fear levels have only been seen previously in June 2022 and August 2019. Note: The Fear & Greed Index ranges from 0 to 100, incorporating these indicators: Volatility (25%) + Market Trading Volume (25%) + Social Media Hype (15%) + Market Surveys (15%) + Bitcoin Dominance (10%) + Google Trends Analysis (10%).

On Feb. 20, Base co-founder Jesse took the main stage at Ethereum Denver to outline the layer-2 network’s roadmap: “Base’s 2025 focus is infrastructure, while 2026 will likely center on customer-centricity. Right now, Base boasts a production-grade blockchain paired with robust, user-friendly, and cost-effective middleware infrastructure. We’re seeing big enterprises and small businesses alike adopting this tech, plus growing numbers of integrators, agents, and the like. By developing these tools, Base aims to bring these pieces together to deliver exactly what customers need.” He added: “For us, that means Base has to start with the customer—listen to what they’re saying. We won’t build the next protocol or spin up another chain just to build a business. Not knowing you personally doesn’t keep us from understanding customers and building better tools for them. Base can do better here.”

On February 20, machine-to-machine trust layer provider ZeruAI announced that its AI agent discovery platform AgentScan is now live on the Base blockchain. Agents can register, generate behavior-based zScores, and publicly share their findings. Built on ERC-8004, AgentScan leverages ZeruAI’s behavioral intelligence technology and integrates data from multiple registration authorities. Agents may also install the AgentScan skill via npm.